Pens, inks and related.....

[BarberDave]

check out nibs.com they have a variety of pens in a variety of price ranges

You are a bad man LOL

 

[Scuttlesoap]

You are a bad man LOL

He earned it by watching you dad, he learned it by watching yoiu.

The following has been a PSA for those in the CEC.

 

[novicewetshaver]

You are a bad man LOL

i work for the C.E.C.!!!! im tryin to move in that oganization Rofl!!

 

[Quijote]

Come on @BarberDave , how can you say no to these?

 

[NurseDave]

Come on @BarberDave , how can you say no to these?
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Oh man, he deserves those!

 

[Quijote]

Oh man, he deserves those!

Trust me, those are my grail pens. The Pinieder Alchemist.

 

[NurseDave]

Trust me, those are my grail pens. The Pinieder Alchemist.

Wow, a wide range of prices online for those guys. Some places are twice as much as others!

 

[BarberDave]

Carbon fiber and Red, LOL

 

[Quijote]

Carbon fiber and Red, LOL

How about lava rock and Red?

 

[Quijote]

Wow, a wide range of prices online for those guys. Some places are twice as much as others!

You have to look closely. They have both steel and gold nibs.

 

[novicewetshaver]

Come on @BarberDave , how can you say no to these?
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who makes these? i havent seen these pens before

 

[Quijote]

who makes these? i havent seen these pens before

Pineider Alchemist

 

[BarberDave]

More like this

 

[BarberDave]

This Montegrappa would work too LOL

 

[Quijote]

Ok Dave, you have a deal. You can get both of those.

 

[Fightingillini22]

Spent time organizing my pen drawer yesterday and discovered 16 ink samples that hadn't been properly inked up in a pen yet. So up first is Cult Pens Iridescink Robert, inked in my Platinum 3776 with a nice bold nib.

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[Quijote]

I have that exact setup. I should use some more of my samples.

 

[Fightingillini22]

Much like my shave soaps, I had acquired FAR too many samples, so I'm looking forward to working through these last 16 samples and then just having my small collection of full bottles.

 

[beginish]

I banned my first ink recently. I’ve had a bottle of Private Reserve Tanzanite for several years now, using it occasionally. The color is a fantastic blue-purple shading more towards blue. The problem is that it takes absolutely forever to dry. It’s also pretty wet and turns the inside of the cap to blue colored swamp. Nothing like a surprise of blue stained hands. So I’m finally done with it. I swear that I can’t stand inks that misbehave. As a comparison, I’ve been using Kaweco Royal Blue in an Ice Sport and it’s rock solid, though boring. Very well-behaved, quick-drying and much better to use.

 

[Fightingillini22]

I banned my first ink recently. I’ve had a bottle of Private Reserve Tanzanite for several years now, using it occasionally. The color is a fantastic blue-purple shading more towards blue. The problem is that it takes absolutely forever to dry. It’s also pretty wet and turns the inside of the cap to blue colored swamp. Nothing like a surprise of blue stained hands. So I’m finally done with it. I swear that I can’t stand inks that misbehave. As a comparison, I’ve been using Kaweco Royal Blue in an Ice Sport and it’s rock solid, though boring. Very well-behaved, quick-drying and much better to use.

I truly never understood people who were bending over backwards to get inks like Baystate Blue to work for them. I don't really want to worry about permanently staining my pen, clothes, counter, sink, etc. when filling or using a pen. Understand that there are various archival reasons for iron gall inks and the like, but these oversaturated inks just drove me crazy.